Cabinet-desk



(ModeL) W. S. WOOTON.

CABINET DESK.

Patented "0o 4,1881

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WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. \VOOTON, OF DANVILLE, INDIANA.

CABINET-DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,979, dated October 4, 1881.

Application filed July 30, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WOOTON, of the town of Danville, county of Hendricks and State of Indiana, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Cabinet- Desks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to produce a cabinet-desk, (or a desk composed of vertically-hinged sections containing pigeonholes and other like compartments and a writing-table,) in which the writing-table shall be longer in proportion to the whole width of the open desk than heretofore. This is accomplished by so constructing and attaching the several sections that while the two side sections shall serve, as ordinarily, for doors to the central or main section, the said central section, (to which the tableis attached.) shallbe of greater width than the combined width of said two side sections, as will hereinafter be more particularly set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved desk when closed; Fig. 2, a similar view when open; Fig. 3, a horizontal section, looking downwardly from the dotted line to x in Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a horizontal section, looking downwardly from the dotted line y 3 in Fig. 2.

In said drawings, the portions marked A iepresent the permanent or main portion of my improved desk; B, the writing-table to the desk, which is hinged to the portion A and is supported thereby; O G, swinging wings hinged to each side ol the part A, and which, when closed, meet together in the center, thus completely shutting the desk; E, a latch for holding the wings closed,and F a catch for the latch.

By referring to 'thcdra wings, and especially to Fig. 3, it will he seen that the two wings O C, while serving to completely close the desk, are together considerably less than equal in width to the main portion A. This resultis attained'by mounting the wings on hinges or pivots, which are located at a point nearer to the center of the desk than the outside of the sides of the central section, and attaching a hinge-strip, about equal in width to the distance between the outer edges of the central section and the point where the side sections are pivoted thereto, to each of said wings, thereby enabling said wings to be swung around in such manner that they will, when entirely open, occupy positions (see Fig. 4 of drawings) similar to those which they would occupy were they together fully equal in width to the main portion, as is the case where the or-' dinary construction is employed. By means of this arrangement an important addition to the usefulness of the desk is'att'ained.

The limit of convenient size for these desks is that wherein all parts can be conveniently reached by the user when the desk is open, as shown in Fig.2, without moving from his chair; but this limit has heretofore so shortened the writing-table (which can only be as long as the inside diameter of the part A, to which it is attached) as to seriously interfere with the usefulness of the desk, while to make it large enough to meet the requirements in this particular has necessitated the attaching of wings so large as to he partially beyond ordinary reach, and so heavy, unless of an otherwise unnecessarily strong construction, as to be in danger of sagging, and thus impairing the'construction.

.In addition to the a vantage specified, the pivot-hinges which Iain enabled to use in this construction are stronger and of better appearance than common hinges. They leave no opening between the main portion and wings in any position, which makes the desk more finished in appearance when open.

While I prefer in this desk to use pivothinges composed of the pivots c c and the pivot-eyes aa,as shown, Imay, of course, vary the form of the hinges at pleasure so long as their location and operation remain substanti'ally the same.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to, secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a cabinet-desk, of the central section having the usual pigeon-hole space and writing-table, with the two side or door portions provided with extensions or strips and hinged or pivoted inside of the central section, whereby the table and the pigeonhole space are made about equal in width to the combined widths of the door portions and their extensions, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal,at Elizahethtown, Indiana, this 26th day of July, A. D. 1880.

WM. S. WOOTON.

In presence of.-

A. VAUGHT, JOHN THOMAS. 

